Appropriate use of chemical information in a best professional judgment triad weight-of-evidence evaluation of sediment quality (condensed)

Aquatic Ecosystem Health and Management

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 351-356

  Lee, G F ^a   Jones Lee, A ^a  

^a G Fred Lee and Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioaccumulation; Guidelines; Regulation; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

EID: 8844236249     PISSN: 14634988     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14634980490479660     Document Type: Conference Paper

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